Consultant - Integration & Separation (M&A)

Service Line: Integration and Separation

Location: Mumbai 

About Us

The KPMG Global Services (KGS) Deal Advisory & Strategy (DA&S) team offers advisory support across deal life cycle space and provides services on aspects preceding and succeeding a deal. Our service networks assess deal demands by carrying out due diligence both from the buy-side and the sell-side perspectives.

The team of over 1,700 professionals boasts proven capabilities in various sectors, such as financial services, consumer markets, healthcare and life sciences, energy and natural resources, industrial markets, and TMT, addressing clients’ needs to resolve complex transactional and strategic challenges.

Through your work, you’ll build a global network and unlock opportunities that you may not have thought possible with access to great support, vast resources, and an inclusive, supportive environment to help you reach your full potential.

Job Details

• Proposed designation: Consultant -I&S 

• Role type: Subject Matter Expert/ Supervisory

• Reporting to: Manager

• Geo to be supported: US

• Work timings: Normal Shift

Roles & Responsibilities

We are recruiting for an Assistant Manager in the Deal Advisory Integration & Separation (I&S) team. Working as an Assistant Manager in the team, your responsibilities will include:

• Provide daily support to project office activities and lead activities on small to medium sized engagements at the I&S management office (IMO/SMO).

• Lead the support to a number of work streams on I&S projects, supporting client work stream leads to fulfill their work stream objectives.

• Work with cross-functional teams in implementing services and lead team interviews and workshops.

• Assist in the development and presentation of final project deliverables.

• Proactively coordinate with onshore engagement teams to procure new engagements, obtain clarifications, communicate progress and post-delivery de-brief and feedback.

• Lead analytics on synergy and separation type projects and be responsible for the first draft of significant sections, if not all, synergy commentary reports.

• Ownership and maintenance of financial models on an engagement and on larger engagements oversee the work of more junior staff.

• When you are not working on a project, you will provide support to senior colleagues in preparation of proposal materials.

This Role is for You If You Have the Below

Educational Qualifications

• MBA/PG degree in a related field from an accredited college/university.

Work Experience

• 3+ years of experience in developing and implementing mergers and acquisitions/M&A I&S services within a consulting advisory firm with additional experience in corporate strategy or development is a plus.

Come As You Are at KGS

As a firm, we are deeply committed to diversity, inclusion, and equity at our workplace. We offer a safe and inclusive environment built on trust, where all our colleagues can bring their authentic selves to work and know that their uniqueness is valued. We prohibit unfair treatment of applicants and employees and discrimination on any ground, including but not limited to, caste, religion, color, ancestry, marital status, medical condition, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, age, nationality, cultural origin, family or parental status, defense veterans, physical, mental or sensory disability or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable Indian laws and regulations.

Mandatory Technical & Functional Skills

• Experience managing multiple complex initiatives within the c omplete M&A life cycle.

• Experience of leading a full integration cycle as part of a professional services firm or an industry – possessing strong knowledge of working on Day 1 Readiness, TSA and TOM development, Synergy Benefits, and Communication Plans.

• Experience working within a Deals/M&A environment.

• Project/programme management experience.

• Experience of handling multiple stakeholders.

• Strong knowledge of advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills, such as Macros, VBA, etc.

Preferred Technical & Functional Skills

• International work experience preferred.

• Presentation (oral and written).

• Good client relationship skills.

• Analysis, problem solving, and Report writing.

• Strong team player - we pride ourselves on the way we work with and support each other.

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to demonstrate personal impact, flexibility, drive, and commitment.

• A desire to broaden your current skillset and embrace the opportunity to work at client sites with a relatively high level of autonomy.

• You should be comfortable working in high-pressure yet often ambiguous and flexible conditions.

Key Behavioral Attributes/Requirements

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to demonstrate personal impact, flexibility, drive, and commitment.

• Strong team player - we pride ourselves on the way we work with and support each other.

• A desire to broaden your current skillset and embrace the opportunity to work at client sites with a relatively high level of autonomy.

• We work with global clients, so you must be willing to travel both to KPMG and client locations.

• Should be comfortable working in high-pressure yet often ambiguous and flexible conditions.

Other Information

• Interview Process: 3-4 line interviews.

• Does the job role involve travelling: No.

KPMG Global Services (KGS) India is a strategic global delivery organization that works with over 50 KPMG firms to provide them a range of Advisory, Tax and Audit support services. The firm operates from eight locations in India — Bengaluru, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Kochi, Noida, Pune and Kolkata